Doctors Without Borders has temporarily suspended its operations at the epicentre of the Ebola crisis in Congo, after intruders attacked a treatment centre run by the group for the second time in four days, leaving four Ebola patients missing.
Doctors in Australia have identified twins apparently created from one egg and two sperm, a boy and a girl, the second time such twins have ever been reported.
Canadians will soon have a better sense of how the Liberals' plan to speed up and lower the cost of some marijuana-related pardons will work.
A series of digital billboards that went up around the city implying that vaccines are dangerous for children are being removed, according to the media company that posted them.
Product should be tossed or returned to store where purchased, Canadian Food Inspection Agency says
A B.C. Supreme Court justice found that the woman had her Charter rights violated when the Fraser Health Authority detained her against her will for 11 months and 13 days between 2016 and 2017.
A mandatory registry model is already in place in Ontario and New Brunswick.
Thousands of accusations of sexual abuse and harassment of migrant children in U.S. government-funded shelters were made over the past four years, including many directed against adult staff members, according to federal data released Tuesday.
Parents have been raising the alarm about instructions on how to slit one's wrists posted in YouTube videos targeted at children — showing that inappropriate content is continuing to slip through the online streaming site’s filters.
Both Republican and Democratic senators are challenging one of the most powerful lobbying interests in Washington, as pharmaceutical giants publicly answer questions about their pricing practices.
The Ford government will announce Tuesday it's creating a central agency called Ontario Health to oversee the province's $60 billion health care system, CBC News has learned.
A new report by Canada's drug price regulator warns that new medicines are becoming increasingly expensive. Almost half of the new drugs coming on the market in 2016 and 2017 were "orphan" drugs aimed at treating rare diseases, with the average cost per patient approaching $1 million a year.
Ontario is set to introduce legislation Tuesday to transform the health-care system in the province.
At least 10 babies have become infected with syphilis as the outbreak of the highly contagious, sexually transmitted disease continues to grow in Manitoba, the province says.
An Alberta woman who was left with physical disabilities following cancer surgery is fighting back after she was told not to return to a popular grocery store unless she brought help — because she couldn't pack her groceries fast enough.
The N.W.T. government told the public that about 33,000 N.W.T. residents were affected by the stolen laptop health data breach last summer. Here’s what they didn’t tell you.
By the time I saw my doctor for my two-month-old's shots, I was crawling with anxiety. Hesitantly, I managed to say "I believe in vaccines. I know they work. But I'm very scared right now. What happens if...something happens?"
Sarah Gagné does cleanings, extractions and fillings at residences and long-term care facilities for people with reduced mobility.
I might be wearing the mask of appearing OK. It's a skill many of us have developed, writes Dwayne Tuck.
Vancouver Coastal Health says there are two more cases of measles in the Lower Mainland.
An individual with lab-confirmed measles stopped in Edmonton while en route from Vancouver to Inuvik on Feb. 12, stated a news release issued Sunday by Alberta Health Service.
A city councillor will ask her colleagues to approve a study that would pull together the evidence on the impacts of cancelling water fluoridation.
Since Canada's ban on artificial trans fats came into effect in September, businesses and manufacturers have been looking for healthier options to make their products. But with few new alternatives, many are returning to old standbys that may be no better for our health or for the environment.
Global Affairs Canada is funding a program to send Canadian homeopaths to Honduras, one of Latin America’s poorest and most dangerous countries, to offer unproven treatments for serious infectious disease.
Vancouver Coastal Health says there are now 10 confirmed measles cases in the current outbreak and there have been possible exposures in Vancouver, Richmond, Squamish, Whistler, and Steveston.
Pamela Wible has collected more than 1,200 stories of fellow doctors who’ve taken their own lives.
Experts warn of a surge in diseases spread by mosquitoes and ticks as humanitarian crisis in Venezuela worsens
The federal government and northern Ontario First Nations leaders have signed, what's being called an interim framework agreement, to begin to repair and replace dozens of homes in a remote Indigenous community that declared a state of emergency over dangerously inadequate housing, which is infested with mould and plagued with other serious problems.
After MPP Randy Hillier was temporarily suspended from the PC caucus, some parents are saying his words are proof of a wider atmosphere of disrespect in debate surrounding the province’s autism services.
Vancouver doctors are seeing an uptick in the number of unvaccinated teens and young adults seeking to be inoculated against measles in the wake of an outbreak of the disease at two schools in the city.
The B.C. Centre on Substance Use, along with other doctors, addiction experts, and drug users, is proposing a plan for how heroin could be legally sold to addicted people — a heroin buyers club.
Two new studies say the federal and provincial governments must do more to reduce alcohol consumption after determining damages from drinking have surpassed tobacco use.
Adults with developmental disabilities continue to consistently have poorer health outcomes across the board when compared to other adults, according to an Ontario report.
Marilyn Steele held onto her life but may lose her home because of lifesaving surgery her Fredericton doctor said couldn't be done in these parts.
About half of Canada's inmates were abused as children, suggests a study out of McMaster University that's in the March issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
Winnipeg hospital emergency rooms are so busy some patients this week were diverted away from the Health Sciences Centre.
Drugs may be stable beyond expiry, even when not maintained in strictly temperature-controlled conditions, a study conducted on Antarctic bases suggests.
As Quebec moves to give more responsibilities to nurse practitioners, the Quebec Order of Nurses is quietly taking steps to eliminate the licensing exam required to practise.
A new strategy released by Toronto Public Health targets Indigenous communities, calls for culturally safe medical care, Indigenous-led consumption sites and support services.
A study of Manitoba women who gave birth to children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder says current levels of prenatal care don't go far enough.
Health authority officials in Nova Scotia are hoping modest doctor recruitment gains in 2018 carry into this year, but don't expect to hear them celebrating any time soon.
Students and staff at two Vancouver French-language schools who have not provided proof they have been vaccinated against measles have been sent home and will only be allowed to return if there are no new cases by March 7.
Several years of fractious negotiations between government and the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) ended Tuesday with an arbitrator has awarded Ontario doctors a new contract. The ruling puts no hard cap on the physician services budget.
Alberta isn't the first province to give patients online access to their personal health information. But it's on the leading edge.
Brenda Shaw spent a month in hospital when she contracted measles as a four-year-old in 1950. The infection burst her eardrum, leaving her deaf in the right ear and causing complications that still trouble her today.
A hockey ref has been skating for 19 hours and 26 minutes in each of Canada's seven NHL cities while blasting AC/DC to raise funds and awareness for Alzheimer's societies. And his efforts caught the attention of not just one but two of the legendary band's members.
Parents fear their baby — who was born a month early and is turning a year old today — might have been exposed to measles during a visit to B.C. Children's Hospital emergency room earlier this month. The family is in isolation in their home on a day they wanted to greet people for Max Seccia-Smith's birthday celebration.
There is currently a measles outbreak in B.C., with eight new cases reported on Friday. Here's what you need to know to keep you and your family safe.
In closing arguments, the lawyer for two Montrealers challenging Canada's medical aid in dying laws says his clients have demonstrated their clear desire to die and should not be denied that right, even if they are not yet close to the end of their natural lives.
Anyone under 18 should not be given cough and cold products containing opioids, such as codeine, after a safety review found early opioid use "may be a factor in problematic substance use later in life," Health Canada says.
